Latest news from Riviera Beach, FL collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: West Indian (12.1%), United States (8.2%), Irish (3.0%), German (2.9%), English (2.8%), Italian (2.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 11 feet

Land area: 8.34 square miles.

Population density: 3,991 people per square mile (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Riviera Beach:

High school or higher: 83.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%

Unemployed: 8.0%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Riviera Beach city:

Never married: 39.1%

Now married: 36.8%

Separated: 4.2%

Widowed: 7.1%

Divorced: 12.9%

5,621 residents are foreign born (12.9% Latin America).

This city:

16.8%

Florida:

19.4%

According to our research of Florida and other state lists there were 55 registered sex offenders living in Riviera Beach, Florida as of August 02, 2015.The ratio of number of residents in Riviera Beach to the number of sex offenders is 602 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average.

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2012 was 72.9. This is about average.

City:

72.9

U.S.:

74.2

Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2007 was 0.569. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 4.5 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.569

U.S.:

0.303

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2007 was 8.03. This is worse than average.Closest monitor was 1.2 miles away from the city center.

City:

8.03

U.S.:

6.58

Ozone [ppb] level in 2012 was 27.3. This is about average.Closest monitor was 4.5 miles away from the city center.

City:

27.3

U.S.:

32.0

Particulate Matter (PM10) [µg/m3] level in 2012 was 22.7. This is about average.Closest monitor was 4.8 miles away from the city center.

City:

22.7

U.S.:

20.2

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2012 was 5.98. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 10.8 miles away from the city center.

City:

5.98

U.S.:

9.14

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2013: 23.6%
(7.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 28.5% for Black residents, 24.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 83.5% for American Indian residents, 52.8% for other race residents, 35.4% for two or more races residents)

#16 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of robberies in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#16 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of burglaries in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest 2006 city-data.com crime index per resident, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of assaults in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Administrative and support and waste management services (population 5,000+)"

#31 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of auto thefts in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#46 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest city-data.com crime index per police officer in 2005-2006"

#68 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of murders in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"

#79 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest ratio of murders to rapes between 2001 and 2006 (population 5,000+)"

#82 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Registered nurses (population 5,000+)"

#83 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (population 5,000+)"

#86 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Construction and extraction occupations: (population 5,000+)"

#93 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in military barracks, etc. (population 5,000+)"

#96 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of arson incidents in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data (population 5,000+)"

#45 (33404) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the most casinos in 2005"

#61 (33404) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Bahamian first ancestries"

#41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"

#68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"

#73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"

#78 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"

#99 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"